Crank up the speculation. Robert Esche made his debut for Ak Bars Kazan shutting out Tver 3-0. Dimitri Kazionov[13] had an assist in the match for Kazan. Where does this leave Vasily Koshechkin[14]? Stay tuned.

Alexei Glukhov[15] was scoreless in Cherepovets' 3-1 loss to Novgorod.